[15 June 1912]

Dear Comrade,

Enclosed herewith I send you the translation of that letter, a copy of whose Russian text, published in a certain appeal, I have already given you.

I ask you, dear comrade, to arrange a meeting with me on Monday morning: in the evening on Monday I shall depart.

Please be so kind as to reply to me by pneumatic post whether I shall be able to speak with you on Monday at 9 or at 10 o'clock in the morning*.

Fraternal greetings

V. Ulyanov
V. Oulianoff.
4. Rue Marie Rose.
Paris. XIV.

**Translation from the French**

P. S. It must be proven further — and this is not difficult at all — that the declaration published in the Central Organ "Social-Democrat" constitutes precisely an arbitration agreement and that the "holders" are arbitral judges².

**Translation from the French**

¹ August Bebel — one of the most prominent figures of German Social-Democracy and of the international working-class movement.

² The "Declaration of the Bolsheviks" to the January Plenum of the Central Committee of the RSDLP of 1910 was published in No. 11 of the newspaper "Social-Democrat" on 26 (13) February 1910 (see also "The CPSU in Resolutions and Decisions of Congresses, Conferences and Plenums of the Central Committee," 1970, vol. 1, pp. 296–298).

"Social-Democrat" — Central Organ of the RSDLP, an illegal newspaper; published from February 1908 to January 1917 under the direction of V. I. Lenin.

its execution becomes impossible if one of the arbitral judges resigns and declares that he intends to refuse to perform his duties" (ruling of the cassation court division).

Fuzier-Hermann: "Repertoire general", vol. IV, § 532 (Fuzier-Hermann: "General Reference Work," vol. IV, § 532): "The resignation of one of the arbitral judges is sufficient to annul the arbitration agreement."

* On the envelope of this letter V. I. Lenin wrote: "Répétitique. M. Ducos de la Haille. 58. Avenue de Clichy. 58. Paris."